[[📚 Explore the Bible Books]] [[Mark Overview]] [[Mark 10]] [[Mark 12]] # Mark 11 📖 > [!info] Table of Contents > [[#📜 Scripture Text (NET)]] [[#📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary]] [[#🧠 Chapter Summary]] [[#🔎 Key Observations / 🛟 Life Application]] [[#✍️ Key Verses to Remember]] > [[#🤔 Interesting Facts]] [[#🔗 Related Passages]] [[#🙏 Devotional Reflection]] ## 📜 Scripture Text (NET) ### The Triumphant Entry [[Matthew 21]], [[Luke 19]], [[John 12]] **Principle**: The King is coming again. [[#Verse 01.]] Now as they approached Jerusalem, near Bethphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples  [[#Verse 02.]] and said to them, “Go to the village ahead of you. As soon as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there that has never been ridden. Untie it and bring it here.  [[#Verse 03.]] If anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord needs it and will send it back here soon.’”  [[#Verse 04.]] So they went and found a colt tied at a door, outside in the street, and untied it.  [[#Verse 05.]] Some people standing there said to them, “What are you doing, untying that colt?”  [[#Verse 06.]] They replied as Jesus had told them, and the bystanders let them go.  [[#Verse 07.]] Then they brought the colt to Jesus, threw their cloaks on it, and he sat on it.  [[#Verse 08.]] Many spread their cloaks on the road and others spread branches they had cut in the fields.  [[#Verse 09.]] Both those who went ahead and those who followed kept shouting, “**_Hosanna!_** **_Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!_** [[Psalm 118]] [[#Verse 10.]] Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David! Hosanna in the highest!”  [[#Verse 11.]] Then Jesus entered Jerusalem and went to the temple. And after looking around at everything, he went out to Bethany with the twelve since it was already late. #### Cursing of the Fig Tree **Principle**: This is an example of Jerusalem’s state. They looked good (full of leaves), but had no fruit. [[#Verse 12.]] Now the next day, as they went out from Bethany, he was hungry.  [[#Verse 13.]] After noticing in the distance a fig tree with leaves, he went to see if he could find any fruit on it. When he came to it he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs.  [[#Verse 14.]] He said to it, “May no one ever eat fruit from you again.” And his disciples heard it. #### Cleansing the Temple [[Matthew 21]], [[Luke 19]] **Principle**: Keep holy things holy. [[#Verse 15.]] Then they came to Jerusalem. Jesus entered the temple area and began to drive out those who were selling and buying in the temple courts. He turned over the tables of the money changers and the chairs of those selling doves,  [[#Verse 16.]] and he would not permit anyone to carry merchandise through the temple courts.  [[#Verse 17.]] Then he began to teach them and said, “Is it not written: ‘**_My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations_**’? But you have turned it into **_a den_** **_of robbers_**!” [[Isaiah 56]], [[Jeremiah 07]] [[#Verse 18.]] The chief priests and the experts in the law heard it and they considered how they could assassinate him, for they feared him, because the whole crowd was amazed by his teaching. [[#Verse 19.]] When evening came, Jesus and his disciples went out of the city. #### The Withered Fig Tree **Principle**: Trust in God. [[#Verse 20.]] In the morning as they passed by, they saw the fig tree withered from the roots. [[#Verse 21.]] Peter remembered and said to him, “Rabbi, look! The fig tree you cursed has withered.”  [[#Verse 22.]] Jesus said to them, “Have faith in God.  [[#Verse 23.]] I tell you the truth, if someone says to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him.  [[#Verse 24.]] For this reason I tell you, whatever you pray and ask for, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.  [[#Verse 25.]] Whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven will also forgive you your sins.” #### The Authority of Jesus **Principle**: Jesus speaks to the heart. [[#Verse 27.]] They came again to Jerusalem. While Jesus was walking in the temple courts, the chief priests, the experts in the law, and the elders came up to him  [[#Verse 28.]] and said, “By what authority are you doing these things? Or who gave you this authority to do these things?”  [[#Verse 29.]] Jesus said to them, “I will ask you one question. Answer me and I will tell you by what authority I do these things:  [[#Verse 30.]] John’s baptism—was it from heaven or from people? Answer me.”  [[#Verse 31.]] They discussed with one another, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say, ‘Then why did you not believe him?’  [[#Verse 32.]] But if we say, ‘From people—’” (they feared the crowd, for they all considered John to be truly a prophet).  [[#Verse 33.]] So they answered Jesus, “We don’t know.” Then Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.” ## 📖 ==Verse-by-Verse Commentary== ###### Overall. ###### Verse 01. ###### Verse 02. ###### Verse 03. ###### Verse 04. ###### Verse 05. ###### Verse 06. ###### Verse 07. ###### Verse 08. ###### Verse 09. ###### Verse 10. ###### Verse 11. ###### Verse 12. ###### Verse 13. ###### Verse 14. ###### Verse 15. ###### Verse 16. ###### Verse 17. ###### Verse 18. ###### Verse 19. ###### Verse 20. ###### Verse 21. ###### Verse 22. ###### Verse 23. ###### Verse 24. ###### Verse 25. ###### Verse 26. ###### Verse 27. ###### Verse 28. ###### Verse 29. ###### Verse 30. ###### Verse 31. ###### Verse 32. ###### Verse 33. ## 🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights - coming soon ## 🧠 Chapter Summary - coming soon %%Write a short paragraph (3–5 sentences) summarizing what happens in this chapter. - What is the main event or teaching? - How does this chapter fit the book’s overall story? - What stands out immediately? Anything Apologetic to point out? %% ## 🔎 Key Observations / 🛟 Life Application **Today, I can apply this chapter by:** - ✅ Application 1 - ✅ Application 2 %%Make these very practical: - "Trust God's timing in an uncertain situation." - "Speak truth even when it’s unpopular." Think: - What do we learn about God here? - What do we learn about people? - Are there promises, commands, or warnings?%% ## ✍️ Key Verses to Remember - coming soon ## 🔗 Related Passages - 🔗 - 🔗 ## 🙏 Devotional Reflection [[Mark 11- SOAP]] ##### 📂 Internal Links